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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Across Wales Diving Monitoring Project (2004)</dc:title>
  <dc:type xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">dataset</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=007_NRW_DS109743</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">The initial 2 year project was a developmental trial for establishing 
(i) Methods, 
(ii) Recording protocols. 
(iii) Deployment strategies, 
(iv) Repeatability, 
(v) Site marking and relocation, 
(vi) Quality Control for site monitoring. 

Following on from the initial 2 year project a longer-term project has been established to gather data in order to assess the Special Area of Conservation (SAC) sites for their 'favourable conservation status'. The concept of favourable conservation status is central to the EC Habitats Directive. These SAC sites included five marine Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) around the Welsh coast though only four of these (Menai Strait and Conwy Bay; Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau; Cardigan Bay; and Pembrokeshire Marine) have 'reefs' listed as Annex I 'features'. An ongoing programme of monitoring the reefs in each of these SACs follows the establishment programme.</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20060331</dc:date>
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